There be three [things which] are too wonderful for me Which were above his reach and comprehension; what he could not find out, nor account for, nor sufficiently admire; yea, four things which I know not; the way of them; as follows.
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The underworld, and the woman without a child; the earth which never has enough water, and the fire which never says, Enough.
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The eye which makes sport of a father, and sees no value in a mother when she is old will be rooted out by the ravens of the valley, and be food for the young eagles.
18
There are three things, the wonder of which overcomes me, even four things outside my knowledge:
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The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a snake on a rock; the way of a ship in the heart of the sea; and the way of a man with a girl.
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This is the way of a false wife; she takes food, and, cleaning her mouth, says, I have done no wrong.
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